Boolean Text Search
You can perform advanced searches, using boolean operators or wildcards.
The following elements can be used:
- And [+]
[a and b]
When entering strings separated by and (or a plus sign), all files are found that contain both a and b.
[And] is the default setting when no boolean operator is used, for example, you can also enter [a b].
- Or [,]
[a or b]
When entering strings separated by or (or a comma), files are found that contain either a or b, or both.
- Not [-]
[not b]
When entering text preceded by not (or a minus sign), all files not containing b are found.
- Parentheses [()]
[(a or b) + c]
Using parentheses, you can group text strings. In this example, files are found that contain c and either a or b.
- Quotation marks []
[example text]
With quotation marks, you can define sequences of several words. Files are found if they contain this sequence of words.
When you are searching for files whose names contain a hyphen, put the search text in quotation marks. Otherwise the program treats the hyphen as the boolean operator not.
These operators can also be used for logical filtering.